Nymphaeaceae Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal

Rocky Mountain Pondlily

Kwakiutl - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 287

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Scientific name: Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal
USDA symbol: NULUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Pondlily
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Family (APG): Nymphaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Poultice of heated leaves applied or rhizome extract taken for chest pains.

RECRD: 90283 id: 24106